GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980)
GRAHAM SUTHERLAND (1903-1980) * Banana Leaves * ** British Listed Artist ** Authenticated
**Banana Leaves **
Ink and watercolour in shades of blue, grey, green, over pencil. Laid down on heavy board. Excellent Condition. Faintly Signed at lower middle. Framed in an attractive, modern, composition frame also in Excellent Condition, some slight age toning and marks.
Measurements: Watercolour 20.5cm x 18cm (approx 8 x 7 inches); Framed: 33cm x 30cm (approx 13 x 11.75 inches).
We are grateful to Dr Lindsay Stainton for providing this entry and for confirming that the present work is an autograph work by Graham Sutherland (1903-1980). Please see further information below.
This small Study is by Graham Sutherland (1903 1980), one of the neo-romantic painters who dominated British art during the Second World War and its aftermath.
Graham Sutherlands work is present in many important private collections and museums, including the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Tate Britain, the Fine Art Museums in San Francisco and many others.
After a period of neglect around the 1960s when his influence began to wane, there is now widespread consensus that Sutherland is one of the most exciting and compelling artists of the Modern British school. Auctions for this Artist show strong market interest,. Modern British painting is one of the strongest performers in the art market at present, and works by Sutherland and his contemporaries are particularly sought after.
PROVENANCE: Private Collection
LITERATURE: Kenneth Clark Recent Works of Graham Sutherland, Exhibition Catalogue Rosenberg & Helft. London 1938; John Hayes, Graham Sutherland Oxford Phaidon, 1980; Roger Berthoud Graham Sutherland: A Biography, London, 1982; Martin Hammer Graham Sutherland Landscapes, War Scenes, Portraits; Exhibition Catalogue Dulwich Picture Gallery, London 2005.
